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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240919
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SUMMARY:Chicago
DESCRIPTION:The second weekend of performances for “the most exciting musical of its generation” (The Times). \nFirst seen in 1975 and still an all-round stunner\, it is based on a 1926 play by one-time reporter Maurine Dallas Watkins and is built around actual crimes on which she reported; the book by Fred Ebb and Bob Fosse paints a tantalising tale of passion\, murder\, greed\, betrayal\, and redemption through the journey of two fiercely competitive women – aspiring jazz performer Roxie Hart and former vaudevillian (and double-murderess) Velma Kelly. John Kander and Fred Ebb were responsible for the score\, with each song modelled on a traditional vaudeville number or a vaudeville performer – a format that helped to make explicit the show’s comparison between justice\, showbiz\, and contemporary society. \nPerformances: \n19 September 7pm\n20 September 7pm\n21 September 1pm\n21 September 7pm\n22 September 1pm\n22 September 6pm \nThere are the door-open times; we’d guess the actual performances start an hour later. Ticket prices are higher for weekend shows
URL:https://magpie.ae/staging4/event/chicago-2/
LOCATION:Etihad Arena\, Yas Island\, Abu Dhabi
CATEGORIES:Musical
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240922
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240923
DTSTAMP:20240816T103424Z
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SUMMARY:Way of the Forest
DESCRIPTION:This travelling edition of the Colomboscope arts festival features work by 19 artists from South Asia and Africa. \nTaking over Galleries 1 and 2 inside 421 Arts Campus\, it focuses on interdependence\, custodianship\, and restorative practices across rainforests\, wilderness\, mountain cultivations\, and riverine wetlands. It invites approaching the forest as a multispecies school – moving from the lexicon of plunder\, reckless supremacy\, and extinction\, to embrace its lessons in organic networks of mutual aid and restorative balance. As the blurb has it: “This exhibition is an intricate study of our eroding ecological histories\, of lost environmental wisdoms\, monstrous developmental agendas\, and ghosts of extraction. It endeavours to plot legacies of colonization of resources and minds that operate in disguise. Within mutating landscapes\, artists question who owns forest lands\, who gets displaced\, and who is restricted from sites marked for conservation …” \nParticipating artists are Rakibul Anwar\, Moza Almatrooshi\, Shiraz Bayjoo\, U. Arulraj\, Jayatu Chakma\, Nahla al Tabbaa\, Pathum Dharmarathna\, Sangita Maity\, Karachi LaJamia\, Sanod Maharjan\, Saodat Ismailova\, Pushpakanthan Pakkiyarajah\, Sarmila Sooriyakumar with Pirainila Krishnarajah\, Otobong Nkanga\, MTF Rukshana\, Tamarra Jayasundera\, Karunasiri Wijesinghe\, Kulagu Tu Buvongan\, and Thava Thajendran. \nOriginally presented in Colombo in January 2024\, the exhbition has been adapted to engage audiences in the UAE. It’s the second time that 421 has partnered with Colomboscope\, a collaboration exemplifies 421’s “commitment to fostering cultural dialogue\, forging new modes of institutional support\, and inspiring ways of thinking about art and its role in addressing global challenges”. \nThe exhibition is curated by Hit Man Gurung (artist and curator)\, Natasha Ginwala (Artistic Director\, Colomboscope)\, Sheelasha Rajbhandari (artist and curator)\, and Sarker Protick (artist and curator) with Vidhi Todi (assistant curator\, Colomboscope 2024). \nTo 29 December.
URL:https://magpie.ae/staging4/event/way-of-the-forest/
LOCATION:421 Arts Campus\, Mina Zayed\, Abu Dhabi\, United Arab Emirates
CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20240922T150000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20240922T171500
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SUMMARY:Mary Poppins: dir Robert Stevenson (1964)
DESCRIPTION:A newly restored print of the multiple Academy Award winner\, starring Julie Andrews as the magical nanny and Dick Van Dyke as a most unlikely chimney sweep. Fantastical adventures follow as the spirited nanny turns every chore into a game and every day into a holiday as the children try to pass on some of their nanny’s sunny attitude to their preoccupied parents (David Tomlinson\, Glynis Johns). Widely considered one of Walt Disney’s crowning achievements\, Mary Poppins was the only Disney film to receive a Best Picture nomination in his lifetime. Time magazine called it “One of the best films ever produced … a fantasy of the most delicate touch and charming disposition. The sets are luxuriant\, the songs lilting\, the scenario witty but impeccably sentimental\, and the supporting cast only a pinfeather short of perfection”. The lilting songs include favourites like ‘A Spoonful of Sugar’\,  ‘Chim Chim Cher-ee’ and ‘Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious’.
URL:https://magpie.ae/staging4/event/mary-poppins-dir-robert-stevenson-1964/
LOCATION:Manarat al Saadiyat\, Abu Dhabi\, United Arab Emirates
CATEGORIES:Film
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20240922T193000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20240922T210000
DTSTAMP:20240916T134549Z
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SUMMARY:Go Back for Murder
DESCRIPTION:The final performance for this Agatha Christie play. There’s an unusual twist on the traditional murder mystery \, the action moving from past to present and illuminating the danger of relying on personal testimony warped by time\, prejudice and perception. Carla Crale’s mother died in prison\, serving a sentence for her father’s murder. A posthumous letter from her convinces Carla that her mother was wrongfully convicted: with the help of family solicitor Justin Fogg\, Carla persuades all those who were present on the day of her father’s death to return to the scene of the crime and ‘go back’ 15 years to recount their version of events. By studying each suspect’s testimony and the various inconsistencies between them\, the drama arrives at a disturbing and terrible truth …
URL:https://magpie.ae/staging4/event/go-back-for-murder-3/
LOCATION:The Junction\, Unit H72\, Alserkal Avenue\, Dubai\, United Arab Emirates
CATEGORIES:Theatre
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20240922T200000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20240922T213000
DTSTAMP:20240626T064223Z
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SUMMARY:Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony
DESCRIPTION:It’s 200 years since Betthoven’s Ninth premiered\, and this performance by the Polish National Opera Orchestra with the Dubai Festival Choir under the baton of Patrick Fournillier should provide a suitable tribute to what is undoubtedly a masterpiece of Western classical music. It also includes the “Ode to Joy” movement\, always a stirring anthem of unity and friendship.
URL:https://magpie.ae/staging4/event/beethovens-ninth-symphony/
LOCATION:Dubai Opera
CATEGORIES:Concert
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20240922T200000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20240922T230000
DTSTAMP:20240904T110543Z
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SUMMARY:Comedy Mix-Tape
DESCRIPTION:Dubomedy’s improv evening is back with “a hilarious mash-up of stand-up and improv … You never know who will pop in”. It’s free but fills up fast\, so RSVP to get a seat.
URL:https://magpie.ae/staging4/event/comedy-mix-tape/
LOCATION:Melrose\, Paramount Midtown\, Al Mustaqbal Street\, Dubai
CATEGORIES:Comedy,Improv
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